organizations have been enlisting merchant and political support in their movement against Sun Chuanfang's closing of the labour unions. Thus far they have elicited very little sympathy as the general feeling is that, with a war situation at
sult hand, a labour movement might re-
Sun attitude is much stricter than that of General Shing Shi-lien. His instructions apparently are that any efforts to hold demonstrations, or for students or labourers to participate in polities, are to be put down mercilessly. In, Chinese circles the suggestion is made that General Sun Chuanifang, having seen how labour might be utilized against Mukden, does not desire to make it possible for his enemies to utilize the same forces against him. As Tong as he continues victorious the front, his adherents say that there will be no change in his attitude toward the local situation, They claim that. it is a matter of itary necessity that his rear should be covered and that there should be no interference with his supplies or his troops.
The students and labourers are unable to make trouble without the support of the merchants and that support they are not getting because the decent merchants have lost faith in them and the political mer. chants are watching their step until it is more clear as to which side to win, During the last trouble, funds for strike movements came from two places principally, Peking and Canton. The Bolsheviks in Canton are. sending no funds to vanghai because they are not sym.
Chang Tso-lin and will do nothing to embarrass his enemies.
Peking Government has bract The danger in the situation Kes in the possibility of some so-called "patriotic" situation arising which will give the labourers and students chance to stigmatize their nonsupporters as traitors. In that case, the weaker among the chants are lo to get frightened, although in ost mercantile circles very wholesome impression upon the merchant classes.
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